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JAMES RICHARD KNOX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – January 21, 1969
Service recordJames Richard Knox, of Newton, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 50
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Newton, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 50
- FRANK MICHAEL GREERSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- DALE LEONARD KAGEBEINLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- JIMMY WILSON LESAINEPrivate · January 21, 1969
- JOHNIE LOMASTechnical Sergeant · January 21, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.